Archive - Obituary

May 24th, 2011

May 24, 2011

Berdella M. Liechty, 73, of Berne, died Monday in Adams Memorial Hospital.
She was born in Adams County on June 16, 1937, to Orval and Marie Biberstein Alt.
She married Ernest R. Liechty on April 5, 1958; he survives.
She was active with her husband in a diversified livestock and grain farm, was very supportive of her church (First Mennonite Church at Berne), and was active in 4-H and FFA.

May 23rd

May 23, 2011

Mary Millington Pratt, 87, of Decatur, died on Friday in the nursing center at Woodcrest Retirement Community.
She married George W. Millington on December 23, 1939 in Decatur and he passed away on January 29, 1967. In 1975, she married Walter E. Pratt and he passed away in 1998.
She worked for 20 years with the Adams-Wells Association for the Retarded and Handicapped and attended Cornerstone Church, formerly known as Decatur Missionary Church.

May 23, 2011

Evelyn Justine Johnson, 87, of Shelby County, Indiana, died on Sunday, May 15, 2011, in Franklin United Methodist Community at Franklin.
Born on June 18, 1923, in Shelby County, she was the daughter of Guy and Gladys McClure Strickler.
She married Joseph Meredith Johnson on November 30,1939; he preceded her in death in 2002.

May 23, 2011

Ted Swoveland, 74, of Berne, died Thursday in Chalet Village Nursing Home.
He was born to Robert and Gertrude Swoveland.
Among survivors are his wife, Shirley; a son, Bradley Swoveland of Sturgis, Michigan; a daughter, Marsha Swoveland of Pleasant Mills; three brothers, including Charles Swoveland of rural Decatur; and three sisters, including Linda Anderson of Decatur.

May 23, 2011

Edward Hockemeyer, 89, of Monroeville, died at 3:35 p.m. Saturday in The Village of Heritage nursing home in Monroeville.
He was born on August 15, 1921, in Allen County to William F. and Clara Thieme Hockemeyer.
He married Catherine M. Springer on September 17, 1944; she passed away on March 4, 2010.
He was a lifelong farmer and a member of St. John Lutheran Church (Flatrock).

May 23, 2011

Paul "Pete" Brown, 76, of Ohio City, Ohio, died at 1 p.m. Saturday in his residence.
He was born in Adams County on April 10, 1935, to Herman and Eva Clive Kreischer Brown.
He married Dorothy Fast on June 14, 1958, in Union Chapel Church of rural Decatur. She survives.
Pete retired in 1986 from International Harvester with 35 years of service and also was a Harrison Township farmer in Ohio.

May 23, 2011

May 20th

May 20, 2011

Norman Van "Norm" Miller, 72, of Convoy, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on May 18, 2011. He died at Select Specialty Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Norm was born on March 25, 1939, in Van Wert County, Ohio. He was the son of Van and Pearl (Fisk) Miller and stepmother Helen F. Miller.
On October 31, 1964, he married Arlene Arens.
Norm was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Decatur.

May 20, 2011

Richard A. “Dick” Roudebush, 65, of Decatur, formerly of Fort Pierce, Florida, died unexpectedly in Adams Memorial Hospital's emergency room on Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
He was born on February 8, 1946, in Decatur to the late James H. Roudebush and Audrey A. (Velez) Lee.